Two people are facing charges for a June fire in Fairfield that displaced several residents and killed a cat.

The Somerset County Grand Jury indicted Christopher R. Gonzales, 37, and Shawna L. Shaw, 41, both of Fairfield, when it met in July, court records show.

Each is charged with one Class A count of arson in connection with the early morning fire June 1 at 16 Summit St. in Fairfield.

The fire was determined to be caused by an unattended candle in a barn attached to the apartment building, according to an affidavit from Kenneth MacMaster, a senior fire investigator with the Office of State Fire Marshal. Gonzales and Shaw, described as homeless, were squatting in that part of the building, MacMaster wrote.

An indictment is not a determination of guilt, but indicates prosecutors have enough evidence for a case to move forward to trial.

Neither Gonzales nor Shaw have been arraigned or entered pleas, according to court records.

Both were ordered held on $25,000 cash bail following their arrests and initial court appearances in late June, court records show. Shaw’s bail allows for a bed-to-bed transfer out of jail for surgery. Somerset County Jail records available online show both were being held in custody as of Friday.

Gonzales’ court-appointed attorney, Andrew Dawson of the Capital Region Public Defenders Office in Augusta, largely declined to comment Friday.

“An indictment is not a finding of guilt, and we continue to work vigorously on the defense of this case,” Dawson wrote in an email.

Shaw’s court-appointed attorney listed in court records as of earlier this week, Ryan Rutledge of the Skowhegan law firm Mills, Shay, Lexier & Talbot, said he had withdrawn from the case due to a conflict and declined to comment further. It was unclear if another attorney had yet been appointed to represent Shaw.

According to MacMaster’s affidavit, Gonzales’ mother, a tenant of the neighboring building at 14 Summit St., said Gonzales and Shaw were living in a disabled vehicle in the parking area outside the apartment building and sometimes stayed in the barn section of 16 Summit St.

The two had been involved in a tent fire in Skowhegan in January, which left Shaw with severe burn injuries, the affidavit says.

The owner of the two properties told MacMaster he had received complaints about squatters at both locations and reported them to Fairfield police.

In an interview hours after the fire, Gonzales told MacMaster he had lit candles while inside the barn and then was outside when the fire broke out. Shaw provided a similar account, the affidavit says.

Both told MacMaster they were aware they did not have permission to stay in the barn, the affidavit says.

“Gonzales said he takes 100% responsibility for the fire, elaborating that if he was in the barn, the fire would not have happened,” MacMaster wrote in the affidavit.

MacMaster concluded that the two acted recklessly and caused the fire, which caused “significant damage” to the five-apartment building, endangered the lives of the other residents, who were sleeping, as well as responding firefighters, and killed a cat.